This is how they transported cars in the day.

[Lakota]

Chevy Vega's, a buddy had one and considered it garbage.

[theandies]

I like the body style but quality was JUNK. The Cosworth engines where pretty good up to 20,000 miles, the ring grind into the bores. The block was aluminum with un-sleeved bores. What were they thinking? :wow:

[Vette40th]

It was an economical car for its time. I had one with a stick and only once did I ever have a problem, when the timing belt broke.. 50 bucks later, I was onward bound..
I am surprised they tipped a Chevy that way to transport. Maybe they knew it only leaked when level/

[Rodnok1]

We had one new, it was decent although the typical rusty 70s car. The 4 banger carboned up alot.
Hit by a drunk once, i ended up head first on pass frt floor boards. Learned to wear seat belt right then.
GM service in or area were shit back then.
They were designed to be transported that way actually.
I seem to recall first cars GM put steel belted radials on.
Mom drove the wheels off it nary a problem.

[LATB]

My 1st car. ‘73 Vega hatchback. I bought it used in ‘75 for $600.00. 90 HP and 2 speed automatic. White w black interior. Drove it for 2 trouble free years. Never burned oil or leaked oil.

[Rodnok1]

My 1st car. ‘73 Vega hatchback. I bought it used in ‘75 for $600.00. 90 HP and 2 speed automatic. White w black interior. Drove it for 2 trouble free years. Never burned oil or leaked oil.

Last of power glide transmissions...

We also had a 73 but a wagon with a stick shift. It would bark em in 2nd.

[04 commemorative]

73 was wifes first car.....had it a few years but did leak oil after a year or so

[Blademaker]

POS car.
My sister had one.......swear to God that damn thing was made of compacted rust, slung oil, smoked like a chimney. My step Dad and I had to work on that cursed car damn near every month.
Thank the Lord it was on the street when I....
when it caught fire.

[Lakota]

1928 Buicks on the hauler

[Lakota]

Workmate in the 80's told me he looked at a Vega that had a 327 ci Chevy engine in it. He claimed it was installed professionally . I forgot why he didn't buy it. :shots:

Pontiac version of the Vega was called Astre. Toward the end they had a cast iron 4 cyl. in it called the "iron duke".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Astre#:~:text=The%20Pontiac%20Astre%20is%20a,variant%20of%20the%20Chevrolet%20Vega.

[Lakota]

1930 Model A Fords

[Lakota]

1957 Chevys being unloaded from a rail carrier

[Big bob]

Because the uinbody could not handle a v8.:seasix:

[Lakota]

1934 Pontiac Eights loaded on transport truck

[LATB]

73893

[LATB]

This would make a nice garage full…

73894

[Yadkin]

Chevy Vega's, a buddy had one and considered it garbage.

Vertical rail transport

30 Vegas to a single Vert-a-pac
Although Lordstown Assembly had a purpose-built exit off of the Ohio Turnpike built to make shipment easier, the Vega was designed for vertical shipment, nose down. General Motors and Southern Pacific designed "Vert-A-Pac" rail cars to hold 30 Vegas each, compared with conventional tri-level autoracks which held 18. The Vega was fitted with four removable cast-steel sockets on the underside and had plastic spacers—removed at unloading—to protect engine and transmission mounts. The rail car ramp/doors were opened and closed via forklift.[47]: 151 

Vibration and low-speed crash tests ensured the cars would not shift or suffer damage in transit. The Vega was delivered topped with fluids, ready to drive to dealerships, so the engine was baffled to prevent oil entering the number one cylinder; the battery filler caps high on the rear edge of the casing prevented acid spills; a tube drained fuel from the carburetor to vapor canister; and the windshield washer bottle stood at 45 degrees.[48] The Vert-A-Pacs were retired after the Vega's 1977 model year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Vega#Vertical_rail_transport

:seasix:

[snide]

My sister had a '75 Vega. One day, we managed to "fit" 13 people in it! We were living in Innisfail, AB, at the time. Loaded up the car, drove to Red Deer, where we went to see a movie, or go to the mall, or something else that teens do. Then we loaded up the car, and drove back home.

Good times.

[MadInNc]

I remember there were a bunch of them around that had small block V8’s swapped into them. My friend had a wagon version with a 327 and single exhaust that was a total sleeper.
Chevy even made the Monza for one year in 1975 that you could get with a 350.

Brother in law had one with a 427 in it. Temperamental bitch

Broke in half :yesnod:

[69L46]

Moved them by barge also, before semi and rail transport became the preferred method.

[GTOguy]

I worked on a jillion Vegas early in my career. Unsleeved bores, rust issues even in CA, leaks, rattles, and an impact sensor in the quarter panel that killed the engine if you bumped it just right. Anybody else remember their sealed, all metal air cleaners that weren't serviceable? They were like $30....40 years ago. They are total POS's.

Have had several friends who have v8 conversions and they are still POS's.

[Craig]

I had a ‘74 Vega, bought it in the summer of ‘81 for $450. Buy the time I got it the cylinders had already been bored and sleeved. For a $450 car, even then, it wasn’t bad. I could bark the tires shifting from 1st to 2nd, but it would throw the alternator belt. I got to where I could put the belt back on with the engine running, even in the dark. As I recall, I sold it less than a year later for $750.

[Louie Detroit]

It's interesting the name Southern Pacific predominates the rolling stock considering from what I see on wiki is these cars were manufactured in Quebec or Lordstown, OH.

[Anjdog2003]

Cars that made the Japanese famous.

[Steve_R]

Cars that made the Japanese famous.

With awesome cars like this: :lol:

https://i.redd.it/jzlez0wruxn41.jpg

[GTOguy]

When I worked in a tune-up shop for six months. 90% of the Vega and Pinto's that came in had vacuum leaks at carburetor shafts that caused rough idle. High School buddy had built up Chevy 350 Monza. What a joy changing plugs. My 1966 SS Chevelle still kicked his ass racing.:D
The Monzas were all pretty much 305 V8's unless swapped. I tuned up many of them in the early 80's and did it for our set price of $49.95. They were a supreme pain in the ass and pieces of crap.

What I liked about the GM musclecars like my GTO's and the 442's and Chevelles were that they were good quality cars that had decent interior space and they could still kick the shit out of the V8 Monzas and Vegas and Pintos, which were all beer can crap with no interior room, and cheesy interiors at that.

[Onebadcad]

Both my sisters had Vegas, both were POS, IIRC both blew head gaskets.
One sister upgraded to the Monza.
The other got a Camaro with V8, I think it had 120 HP.
I drove both often, both were ass-slow!!

[markids77]

Because the uinbody could not handle a v8.:seasix:

I bought my wagon for $50.00, installed a 383, turbo 350 and welded the spiders in the rear end. Between traction bars and a set of 15 inch rims on adapters, if I got a good launch the thing twisted enough to blow the windshield out of the car. I did not own it long....

[PLRX]

I like the body style but quality was JUNK. The Cosworth engines where pretty good up to 20,000 miles, the ring grind into the bores. The block was aluminum with un-sleeved bores. What were they thinking? :wow:

D student engineers

[Mick]

D student engineers

Hey, the guys in the bottom third of the class needed jobs too!

[Big bob]

Some even learned to post their ignorance.:rofl: